Robert James Earl GRAHAM

1896 - 1939  (43 years)

• Name	Robert James Earl GRAHAM  [1]
  Birth	16 Feb 1896	Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4ADEA25015CB4320B0DBFF744592A46A4038
  Death	12 Nov 1939
  Person ID	I4932	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Robert James GRAHAM,   b. 1860, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 1934 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Grace Almira ROBLIN,   b. 23 Aug 1864, Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Jan 1927 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F1614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LEONARD   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Barbara GRAHAM   d. 1976
  Family ID	F1619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Feb 1896 - Hastings County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):Robert James Earl Graham died in a plane accident at Weslemkoon Lake. The plane was piloted by Toronto radio executive Ellsworth Rogers and it is suspected that the glassy surface of the lake caused him to misjudge the altitude and a pontoon-tip flicked the water and the plane turned completely over. They were on a hunting trip and the extreme cold weather may have partially frozen the controls making it difficult to handle. Rogers, in spite of the severe shock from submersion in the icy waters, managed to crawl through the window of the cabin and fight his way to the surface. Attempts to rescue Colonel Graham trapped in the cabin were not successful. Lieut-Colonel R.J.E. Graham died on November 12, 1939.

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] Ancestry.ca Ontario Birth Records. [S205] Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte, including genealogies of old families and biographical sketches of representative citizens, (Toronto, Ontario: Ralph and Clark URL: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3658).